IF THE EARTH COULD WRITE A LETTER

Dear Humankind,

I write to you from forests green, from lakes and rivulet stream,

To ask you for mercy for the land, my forests wilted by your hand,

Your city’s jaws open wide, to swallow up the countryside,

This tarmac tongue of motorway licks greedily,

Across my patchwork of fields,

You do murder my creatures readily; you starve my seas of fish and oil,

And rip the coal from my deep soul,

As forests disappear and apartment blocks rise,

Do you not hear a million cries?

Of forests, rivers and trees, of fields, animals and seas,

Of skies and clouds and oceans blue, are these sounds invisible to you?

All these voices unite to ask of you one thing,

‘Save us, give us mercy’

So, please next time you decide to build a town, a road or a city,

Or to dig for oil or coal, think of this with solemnity,

Do you really need it?

What happens it’s served it’s time,

Will you toss it away like a broken toy?

This is not a child’s nursery game,

Think what you have done and hang your heads in shame.

Yours Pledingly,

Earth.

(From Creative Environment Poems by Students on the Apex Summer School)

FIFA WORLD CUP SAGA REACHES THE PEAK

HELLO FRIENDS,
THE SAGA OF THE 19TH FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 HAS REACHED ITS PEAK MOMENT WITH THE FINAL MATCH TO BE PLAYED BETWEEN SPAIN AND HOLLAND JUST FEW HOURS MORE TO GO. THE HIGH POINT SEEMS VERY AWAITED AS FANS WORLD OVER NOT ONLY OF THE BOTH TEAMS BUT FOOTBALL LOVER WORLD OVER HAVE BEEN ON WAIT TO FIND A NEW CHAMPION.
I 'M FOR THE SPANISH TEAM, BECAUSE I FEEL THEY ARE THE TEAM TO WIN THIS, AFTER THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY, BUT THIS ISN'T THE ONLY REASONS FOR SUPPORTING SPAIN, I BEAR THE SECOND NAME "NOLASCO" WHICH IS A SPANISH, SO A SPANISH CONNECTION, THUS, SURE I WISH THEM TO WIN.

HAVE YOUR PRIDICTION PROVE AFTER THE MATCH IS OVER. I'M GONNA WATCH TODAY WITH A GOOD HOPE AND CONFIDENCE IN SPANISH GAME.
TRULY WISH U HAPPY WATCHING AND SUPPORTING
BYE.

Life is a celebration, Celebration of success, Success of our dreams and plans

Dear friends,
Today, we live in a hi-fi world of technological advancement, where our lives are so busy with our prized dreams, plans, adventures and achievements. We are so lost in celebrating our life that we hardly generate the feeling of gratitude. We mind only of our work to succeed as per our plans and dreams. Jesus also found it true in his earthly life – when only one, out of ten lepers came back to thank him for having made him clean.
This tale proves that we humans are truly - a funny race, because we always look for something for ourselves. We always long and crave for something missing in our possession, often we are too preoccupied to think of saying ‘thanks’ for anything and to everyone. We hardly think about various people around our workplace, home service providers and government workers, who day and night labor to make our lives pleasant and wonderful. We hardly think of thanking them for their contributions. If we attain success, are not they too were helpful to us? But, who cares for them.
Today let us remember all of them, who come across in our daily chores and who make our daily routines possible, unnoticed by us.Above let us thank the Almighty God whose i
nnumerable blessings are with us. Our very life, health, weather, nature and everything under heaven is his blessings for us. Have we ever realized to thank God? Let us recount all those blessings and graces and wonder at the providential love of God, the father.
Life is a celebration Celebration of success Success of our dreams and plans.

MANAGE AND PRIORITIZE: TIME

Someone has rightly said, "You will never find time for anything, if you want time, you must make it possible". In recent days I was stuck by a thought, that some of us seem to undertake extra activities though being busy, while others seem to have no time for any extra activities. The responses we receive says the entire story; 'I am busy', it's impossible', 'I cannot do'. However others respond quite positively i.e., 'I will do my best', let's hope I finish it well'. Yet what impresses me is that they take up the challenge and do their part to the best of their ability. I wonder how they can do it in spite of their busy schedule. Yet, it truly possible, only if one does the required:-
Prioritize the activities, assignment, duties and responsibility
Manage and allot the time according to priority
Use all the talents and potentials to the full
Go out an extra step with special interest and love
Do the difference, by making it one's own
Be responsible for the undertaken opportunity.
Thus, one of such people makes his destiny as future leader, managing his works, duties and responsibilities according to the priority and available time, with special interest and hard work for the benefit of others in need and for his own.